‘Military Erasmus’

European Initiative on the Exchange of Young Officers, inspired by ERASMUS (EMILYO)

Since 2008, the college has been actively involved in and leading the young officers exchange scheme. The main goal of this initiative, which is modelled on its civilian counterpart ERASMUS+, is to instil European young officers with a common security and  defence culture and therefore render the armed forces 100 % interoperable. Within the ESDC framework, military, naval, air, technical and medical universities and academies across the Member States work towards the achievement of this ambitious political goal.

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Chair:

Harald Gell (Colonel, Assoc. Prof., PhD)

He is  the Head of International Office & Senior Lecturer at the Theresan Military Academy in Austria.  With his Habilitation proceeding in Military Management he proofed evidence that international exchanges have a very positive effect onto Officer Cadets’ developments.

     

Configuration support:

Ilias Makris

He is a Greek national expert with specific expertise in the field of Basic Officer Education. He acts as the main coordinator of the training and education activities for the European Initiative for the Exchange of Military Young Officers (EMILYO) and the EUMSSF.